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Drugs dog Bravo after previous busts in Lerwick and Scalloway. Photo: Police Scotland Drugs worth almost £40,000 have been recovered in Lerwick – thanks to help from a trained sniffer dog. Shetland officers, alongside specialist teams from the Aberdeen Operational Support Unit and Dogs Against Drugs, carried out a routine …

An elderly man has been disqualified from driving after hitting two children on a pedestrian crossing. The incident happened on December 11, 2023, on Beecroft Road in Swindon. Harold Small, 89, ran a red light and struck two six-year-old school children who were using a pedestrian crossing, causing serious injuries. …

A yellow weather warning for snow in the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Wales will run from 4pm on Wednesday (February 18) until 6am on Thursday (February 19). The Met Office has warned there is a small chance that disruption caused by the snow, accompanied by strong winds, could see …

Postcodes across North Tyneside and South Shields are among 19 in the region listed by Royal Mail as potentially affected by delays. Areas in Northumberland and Sunderland also feature in the latest update. A Royal Mail van (Image: Rui Vieira/PA Wire) One resident, who lives in North Shields, described how …

The company recently issued a warning that there would be service delays in over 100 postcodes across the country, due to adverse weather and increased sickness absences. Both the OX3 and OX4 postcodes in Oxford have been affected, as well as OX33, OX44 and OX49 which covers Horspath, Wheatley, Chalgrove, …

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The company previously denied that a delay in postal ballots arriving for the 2024 general election were due to backlogs. Royal Mail has failed to meet its annual first and second class delivery targets since 2019, and was fined £21million in October for breaching its universal service obligation. Even accounting …

Postal service Royal Mail has issued an update for households in four postcode areas, as they warn mail will be delayed due to disruption on their road network Royal Mail said the post will likely be delayed(Image: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Royal Mail has warned people living in certain …

A handwritten letter by a young Princess Elizabeth to the Royal Lodge’s head housemaid is set to fetch thousands at an upcoming auction. The one-page note was addressed to Beatrice Stillman, the head housemaid at Royal Lodge, and was written when the late Queen was around 10 years old. It …

[Getty Images] Royal Mail has been given two weeks to respond to allegations – reported by the BBC – that it is prioritising parcel deliveries over letters, resulting in delays across the postal network. In a letter to the company, the Business and Trade Committee of MPs asked for commitments …